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Nigellissima. October 2012.
Dear Rowley, Am I alone in thinking Nigella Lawson a total self-parody these days. One always suspects people who talk about themselves in the third person are howling at the moon. Nigella’s new cooking programme is called Nigellissima and is inspired … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anda Rowland, Anderson & Sheppard, Barbara Windsor, Charles Saatchi, Dear Rowley, Eton Square, food porn, Italian cooking, J Sheekey's Oyster Bar, James Sherwood, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Max Mosley, Nigella Lawson, Nigellissima, Paul Hollywood, Savile Row, The Great British Bake Off
No Fly Zone. August 2012.
Dear Rowley, London is once again awash with tourists for the Paralympic Games. In the Olympic spirit, I’d like to propose a lanes system for London’s streets: a dual carriage way on each pavement with a fast lane for natives … Continue reading →
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Tagged Absinthe, Anderson & Sheppard, Boucher, Cabaret, Cafe Royal, Cockney, Corfu, Corrie Nielsen, Courtauld Gallery. Courtauld Collection, Crown Jewels, Cultural Olympiad, Daily Mail, Damien Hirst, Dear Rowley, Durer, Esther Williams, Exmouth Market, Gaugin, Holborn Grange Hotel, Holborn Health Spa, Impressionism, James Sherwood, King Charles I, Lautrec, Le Train Bleu, Leicester Square, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Liza Minnelli, London, Manet, Matisse, Max Mosley, Monet, Neo-Classical, Nice, Olympics 2012, Paralympic Games, Picasso, Post-Impressionism, Queen Henrietta Maria, Renoir, Rubens, Savile Row, Sisley, Somerset House, Tate Modern, the artist, Timothy Morgan-Owen. Le Rat Mort, Toulouse Lautrec, Tracey Emin, Trafalgar Square, Trooping the Colour, Van Goch
Diamond Jubilee River Pageant. June 2012.
Dear Rowley, I simply could not go to bunk on Diamond Jubilee River Pageant day without passing comment about the BBC coverage of what should have been a dignified, happy and glorious moment in British history. As you know, I … Continue reading →
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Tagged Angela Hartnett, Bambi, Battersea Bridge, BBC, BBC Diamond Jubilee, Ben Fogle, Big Brother, Big Ted, Bloomsbury Towers, Bluebeard, Bognor, Bow Bells, Buckingham Palace, Cheggers, Cheryl Cole, Clare Balding, Cliff Richard, Coalition government, Coronation 1953, Dame Fortune, David Dimbleby, David Starkey, Dear Rowley, Diamond Jubilee Concert, Diamond Jubilee River Pageant, Duke of Edinburgh, Fearne Cotton, Floella Benjamin, Fraggle Rock, Fred Astaire, God Save the Queen, Gypsy, Health & Safety, HM The Queen, Hugo Vickers, Huw Edwards, James Sherwood, Jennie Bond, Jessie J, John Barrowman, Lady Di, Let's Face The Music And Dance, Lola Lasagne, Matt Barker, Max Mosley, Nick Clegg, Poseidon Adventure, Raine, Royal Barge, Royal Carriage Procession Tuesday, Sandi Toksvig, Savoy, Savoy Diamond Jubilee Street Party, Shepherd's Market, Sian Lloyd, Simon Shama, Simon Thurley, Sing Out Louise, Sophie Rayworth, Spirit of Chartwell, Sport Relief, Tess Daly, The Queen, The Sailor's Hornpipe, Tiller Girls, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Two Brewers, Union Flag, Victoria Memorial
Royal Wedding 4: 30th April 2011
Dear Rowley, As I didn’t say to Emily Maitlis on the BBC News channel Royal Wedding coverage yesterday, ‘there are two big boobs in Princess Eugenie’s get-up: the skirt’s too short and the bodice would panic the cat’. Both Princess … Continue reading →
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